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CBS News poll: Trump maintains commanding lead over GOP field — Donald Trump (35 percent) continues to hold a commanding lead over the rest of the field, with a 17 point lead over his closest rival, Texas Senator Ted Cruz (18 percent). John Kasich (11 percent) has now risen to a virtual third-place tie with Marco Rubio (12 percent).
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CBS News poll: The next Supreme Court justice, Obama, and the economy — The U.S. Supreme Court — With an unexpected vacancy on the Supreme Court as a result of Justice Antonin Scalia's death, it's unclear if he will be replaced before the November election.
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Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
The Republicans' Scalia Hysteria — A half-century ago, the brilliant British comedy troupe Beyond the Fringe produced “The End of the World,” a skit in which a group of cultists gather atop a mountain to greet the Apocalypse, prophesied for that very day. “Now is the end!” they chant.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Donald Trump Falls Behind Ted Cruz in National NBC/WSJ Poll — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has fallen behind Ted Cruz in the national GOP horserace, according to a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. — In the poll, Cruz is the first choice of 28 percent …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Mainstream G.O.P. Field of Three Faces Brutal Delegate Math — If the Republican Party remains divided for much longer, it will start getting more difficult for a mainstream candidate to win the nomination. — Yet Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and John Kasich all have incentives to stay in the race …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump leads in South Carolina — Donald Trump still leads in the race for the Republican nomination in South Carolina, according to a new Fox News poll. — Trump captures 32 percent among South Carolina likely Republican primary voters. Ted Cruz gets 19 percent to Marco Rubio's 15 percent.
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Trump leads Republican field nationally by more than 20 points: poll
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Americans Split on if Senate Should Vote on Supreme Court Pick
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David Lat / Above the Law:
Controversy Erupts At A T14 Law School Over How (Or Even Whether) To Mourn Justice Scalia — How should one respond to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, a controversial figure within the law? One can imagine a range of possible reactions, from mourning and tributes to criticism …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House: Obama ‘regrets’ his filibuster of Supreme Court nominee — President Obama “regrets” filibustering the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in 2006, his top spokesman said Wednesday, though he maintains that the Republican opposition to his effort to replace Justice Antonin Scalia is unprecedented.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Outside Groups Warn GOP: Don't Even Think About Holding A SCOTUS Hearing
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New York Times:
The Potential for the Most Liberal Supreme Court in Decades
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Summing Up Scalia — Getting right to the point:
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Balkinization
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Sandra Day O'Connor: Obama should name Scalia's replacement
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New York Times:
Blacks See Bias in Delay on a Scalia Successor
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Literal Holy Crap: Glenn Beck Says Scalia's Death Part of God's Plan to Elect Ted Cruz
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Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Americans Divided on Whether Senate Should Consider Obama Supreme Court Nominee
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Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
MSNBC's Town Hall With Donald Trump Was Disgraceful — The media's coverage of Trump has been soft, insufficient, and without substance. — Is Donald Trump in trouble? After facing hostile questions from Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Wednesday night—they comprehensively laid out his flip-flops …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'll be ‘neutral’ on Israel and Palestine — GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to pick sides in the conflict between Israel and Palestine. — “You know, I don't want to get into it,” he told hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski during a MSNBC town hall in Charleston, S.C.
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Ben Rhodes:
President Obama is going to Cuba. Here's why: — Cuba is only 90 miles from Florida, but for a long time the distance between our two countries seemed a lot greater. — For more than fifty years, the United States pursued a policy of isolating and pressuring Cuba.
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Jim Avila / ABC News:
President Obama Will Visit Cuba in Historic Trip Next Month, Sources Say
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Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
Apple Unlocked iPhones for the Feds 70 Times Before — A 2015 court case shows that the tech giant has been willing to play ball with the government before—and is only stopping now because it might “tarnish the Apple brand.” — Apple CEO Tim Cook declared on Wednesday that his company …
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Dan Guido / Trail of Bits Blog:
Apple can comply with the FBI court order
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Luke Broadwater / Baltimore Sun:
DeRay Mckesson, civil rights leaders to meet with Obama — DeRay Mckesson … DeRay Mckesson, the prominent activist and late entrant into Baltimore's mayoral race, will meet with President Barack Obama and civil rights leaders at the White House on Thursday for an event honoring Black History Month.
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Rocco Parascandola / New York Daily News:
Officials blast federal proposal to slash $90M from NYC's anti-terror funding
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House rips Schumer's ‘credibility’ on national security
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
How to Break a Party — Beginning with the Tea Party wave and continuing through the not-Romney musical chairs of the 2012 Republican primary and the battles over debt limits and fiscal cliffs, most coverage of the Republican Party's internal divisions during the Obama era fell into an easy groove …
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Obama ‘Hope’ designer endorses Sanders — Artist and activist Shepard Fairey, who designed the iconic “Hope” poster during then-Sen. Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, is backing Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders. — “I'm supporting Bernie Sanders …
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Politico, The Daily Caller and Outside the Beltway
JCN / Judicial Crisis Network:
JCN Launches “Let the People Decide” Campaign — The Judicial Crisis Network is launching a seven figure television, radio and digital advertising campaign on the importance of the Supreme Court in the upcoming presidential election. The campaign, “Let the People Decide,” …
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